Drinking more water = thirsty all the time?

I have started drinking a lot more water recently, trying to do the whole "eating healthier" thing. But I find myself craving it more and am thirsty a lot more than usual, why is that?

I think when you start to drink water more you just begin to notice the natural signs of dehydration easier. Many of us (myself included because I am awful at drinking water) go around so dehydrated most of the time that we just learn to live with it and not notice! My daughter who pretty much only drinks water really feels it if she goes too long between drinking.

hopefully you aren't eating a lot of salt  or are  diabetic.I have to make a concious effort to drink water  whether  I mean to be healthy or not.  I am not as good as  you are  about it.I find if I leave water  bottles around, I get more in..

I'm a huge water drinker (and have been all my life), and I have to say that I think I definitely do feel dehydration worse than the layperson.  When I don't have water for a while, it becomes the focus on my mind & usually I'm pretty miserable until I can chug some.  I think you just become more aware of your body once you start to take care of it.  I'm the type that pretty much carries a bottle with me at all times (especially on shopping trips, where water fountains don't exist), plus I have one on my desk, a cup next to my bed, and one in the living room!   Freak, I know...

I do the same thing, take a bottle of water with me everywhere. Also, I've found a neat trick that works for me, to make sure I drink enough water. (I drink about twelve 9 oz glasses a day.) Since I don't work, it's a bit easier for me, everytime I go into the kitchen for anything, I drink a glass of water first, all in one go. I do this all day long. Needless to say, by early evening, I'm waterlogged!

I've noticed this, too, when I first start to come off of being dehydrated.  I drink nearly a gallon a day, and I -definately- notice when I'm thirsty more than I did when I was drinking very little.  I agree that it probably has to do with your body finally knowing what it feels like to have enough water, so now you notice when you're lacking again.

My anatomy prof at uni said you should drink enough water to make your pee clear. I have no idea if this is true or not, but I do feel better when I strive for that.

It's also a good dieting technique (or just good nutrition).  Often when you think you're hungry, it's actually just thirst.

I'm a huge water drinker (and have been all my life), and I have to say that I think I definitely do feel dehydration worse than the layperson.  When I don't have water for a while, it becomes the focus on my mind & usually I'm pretty miserable until I can chug some.  I think you just become more aware of your body once you start to take care of it.  I'm the type that pretty much carries a bottle with me at all times (especially on shopping trips, where water fountains don't exist), plus I have one on my desk, a cup next to my bed, and one in the living room!   Freak, I know...

hey.. ur like a vampire for water...
lol

i just can't afford to buy bottles of water at work. since i work in a convience store bottled water is more expensive than at the regular store. and our tap water is just gross.. so i drink iced tea.. which is mostly water...

There is new research that says as long as you're getting liquid in SOME form, the 8 glasses a day thing doesn't have to be restricted to 100% water.  However, just be careful with iced tea, because high levels of caffeine can be unhealthy.

There is new research that says as long as you're getting liquid in SOME form, the 8 glasses a day thing doesn't have to be restricted to 100% water. 

this is how DH  justifies  his  constant  instant coffee  cuppas..  they are mostly water!!

I'm a huge water drinker (and have been all my life), and I have to say that I think I definitely do feel dehydration worse than the layperson.  When I don't have water for a while, it becomes the focus on my mind & usually I'm pretty miserable until I can chug some.  I think you just become more aware of your body once you start to take care of it.  I'm the type that pretty much carries a bottle with me at all times (especially on shopping trips, where water fountains don't exist), plus I have one on my desk, a cup next to my bed, and one in the living room!   Freak, I know...

I am exactly the same. Fellow freak.

Oddly enough, my husband's family do not drink liquid, of any kind, with their meals. - I don't know if it's an English/Yorkshire thing or a crazy in-law thing.

When I first moved here, when we would go over to my MIL's, she would serve a meal without any beverage. Then, after the meal was already over, she would bring people cups of tea.

I can't swallow food unless I've had something to drink first.  My MIL now knows this and when she serves food and I'm around, she always brings out a pitcher of water and glasses.

Also, when my husband and I used to go out to eat, he would not get anything to drink, then at the end of the meal, he would ask for some of my drink.  So now I just get drinks for both of us.

Does anyone know of anyone else who eats meals without having anything to drink during the meal? I wonder where my in-laws get this from.

I've heard this a lot from my British relatives in Canada. 

I've heard this a lot from my British relatives in Canada. 

That's very interesting.

Something that happened to me recently:

We had an Away Day at work, and ended up having dinner in a tapas restaurant.

Instead of asking people what they, individually, wanted to drink, the restaurant just provided us with pitchers of Sangria, which were constantly refilled.

When someone came by with food, I asked for water, and was curtly told by the person serving that she wasn't a waitress, so she couldn't get me any.

I wasn't able to get a pitcher of water to the table until the meal was almost over. (I normally have a bottle of water in my handbag, but unfortunately, I'd neglected to refill it after taking a singing class the night before, so used up my water supply very quickly.)

In the meantime, I kept drinking Sangria to quench my thirst, which was counterproductive because the alcohol just dehydrated me more. There was lots of food, so I didn't get drunk at all, just extremely dehydrated.

(I suppose if someone couldn't drink alcohol - pregnant, on medication, alcoholic, etc., they would just have been expected to go without drinking anything?)

I caught a bad cold very soon after; I'm sure being so dehydrated that night contributed to it.

From now on, I make sure that the water bottle I carry around with me is filled to the top.

Does anyone know of anyone else who eats meals without having anything to drink during the meal? I wonder where my in-laws get this from.

I had a friend once (American) who would order a drink with her meal, not touch it until she was done eating, and then chug the whole thing!  Rather bizarre...